After an impressive display on the bench press Saturday, Central Florida’s Shaquem Griffin showed up big again in the 40-yard dash by clocking in a blazing 4.38 Sunday. His impressive run was not only the fastest official time of any linebacker of 2018’s combine, but the fastest since 2003, which is impressive for a player who initially wasn’t invited to the combine.

The Florida native from St. Petersburg took part in all of Sunday’s drills and was also able to record a broad jump of 9-foot, 10 inches, which was one of the top numbers recorded amongst all the linebackers who took the field Sunday. While attending UCF, Griffin achieved great heights and racked up 74 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss and seven sacks in 2017. Before that, he was named the American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2016 and was able to amass a career-high of 92 tackles, 20 tackles for loss and 11.5 sacks.

Griffin has the skill set and personality that would mesh well in the Jags’ locker room and add to a linebacking corps which is already one of the best in the league. Currently, NFL.com has Griffin listed as a fifth to sixth-rounder, but after Sunday, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see him go a round or two earlier.

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